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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-23942"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-03-13T09:11:56.424Z"
updatedAt: "2026-07-24T14:16:12.645Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-23942"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-23942.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23942"
title: "SFTP root escape via component-agnostic prefix check in ssh_sftpd"
summary: "Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Erlang OTP (ssh_sftpd module) allows Path Traversal.\n\nThis vulnerability is associated with program files lib/ssh/src/ssh_sftpd.erl and program routines ssh_sftpd:is_within_root/2.\n\nThe SFTP server uses string prefix matching via lists:prefix/2 rather than proper path component validation when checking if a path is within the configured root directory. This allows authenticated users to access sibling directories that share a common name prefix with the configured root directory. For example, if root is set to /home/user1, paths like /home/user10 or /home/user1_backup would incorrectly be considered within the root.\n\nThis issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 28.4.1, OTP 27.3.4.9 and OTP 26.2.5.18, corresponding to ssh from 3.0.1 before 5.5.1, 5.2.11.6 and 5.1.4.14."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"3.0.1","status":"affected","versionType":"otp","lessThan":"*","changes":[{"at":"5.5.1","status":"unaffected"},{"at":"5.2.11.6","status":"unaffected"},{"at":"5.1.4.14","status":"unaffected"}]}],"vendor":"Erlang","product":"OTP","packageName":"ssh","defaultStatus":"unknown"},{"versions":[{"version":"17.0","status":"affected","versionType":"otp","lessThan":"*","changes":[{"at":"28.4.1","status":"unaffected"},{"at":"27.3.4.9","status":"unaffected"},{"at":"26.2.5.18","status":"unaffected"}]},{"version":"84adefa331c4159d432d22840663c38f155cd4c1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"*","changes":[{"at":"27688a824f753d4c16371dc70e88753fb410590b","status":"unaffected"},{"at":"9e0ac85d3485e7898e0da88a14be0ee2310a3b28","status":"unaffected"},{"at":"5ed603a1211b83b8be2d1fc06d3f3bf30c3c9759","status":"unaffected"}]}],"vendor":"Erlang","product":"OTP","packageName":"erlang/otp","collectionURL":"https://github.com","defaultStatus":"unknown"}]

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